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EC asks UML and Maoist Center to come up if they opt for fresh merger

Kathmandu / Mar 9: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday asked the recently-revived Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxit Leninist) and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) to come up with a new name and election symbol of the party if they decide to merge the two parties again. A meeting of the poll body […]


83 percent population has internet access

Kathmandu /March 9: A population of 24 million 735 thousand has access to the internet service in Nepal. Statistics for the six months of the current fiscal year recently released by Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) states that 388 thousand more internet users have been recorded in the month of Poush compared to Mangsir. A total […]


59 new cases of COVID-19 and 60 recoveries in 24 hours

Kathmandu / Mar. 9: The Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday confirmed 59 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 274,869. “In 2,715 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 59 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Ministry of Health and Population in […]


Water from Melamchi river discharged into Bagmati for Shivaratri

Kathmandu / March 8 : The water drawn from the Melamchi river in Sindhupalchok district has been discharged into the Bagmati river so as to increase the water level in the holy river in view of the upcoming Shivaratri festival. The water diverted from Melamchi through 26.5 kilometers tunnel to Sundarijal water processing center has […]


Five companies shortlisted for conducting study on Nepal’s satellite

Kathmandu / March 8: Five companies have been shortlisted for carrying out study required for placing Nepal’s own satellite in orbit. Out of the nine companies that submitted letters of intent for that purpose, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has selected the five, NTA spokesperson Meen Prasad Aryal said. NTA cancelled the previous proposals and called […]


COVID-19 update: 89 new cases and 55 recoveries in 24 hours

Kathmandu / Mar. 8: The Ministry of Health and Population on Monday confirmed 89 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 274,810. “In 4,399 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 89 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Ministry of Health and Population in […]


Supreme Court accords party name ‘Nepal Communist Party’ to Rishi Kattel

Kathmandu / March 07: The party name ‘Nepal Communist Party’ has been accorded to Rishi Kattel as per today’s verdict of the Supreme Court.The verdict was issued by a division bench of justices Bam Kumar Shrestha and Kumar Regmi on Sunday. Following the unification of the then CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre, the Election Commission had […]


47th annual function of JAAN marked in the capital

Kathmandu / Mar. 07: JICA Alumni Association of Nepal (JAAN) marked its 47th annual function and annual general meeting on Saturday in Kathmandu. Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun inaugurated the annual function as a chief guest. Milan magazine published by JAAN was also launched. The magazine contains articles on Covid-19 pandemic by 17 writers—who were felicitated […]


66 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 recoveries in 24 hours

Kathmandu / Mar. 7: The Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed 66 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 274,721. “In 4,111 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 66 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Ministry […]


Water from the Melmachi River brought to Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu / March 6: The residents of the Kathmandu Valley have come very close to their long-cherished dream of quenching their thirst with the water from the Melamchi River in Sindhupalchowk as the river water, supplied through a 26-km long tunnel, reached the Valley’s Sundarijal Saturday evening. Prime Minister KP Oli discharged the Melamchi water […]




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